Schedule
Here are all the up and coming enquiry topics and events.
| Topic | Venue | Presenter | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why do we believe what we believe? | The Crown Hotel (Liverpool) | Derek Cowley | 24/07/2017 | 14:30 |
| Cognitive Diversity | Bluecoat Art Centre (Liverpool) | Eddy | 25/07/2017 | 13:00 |
| Open forum | The Victoria Hotel (Waterloo) | All | 25/07/2017 | 18:30 |
| Political Correctness (?) | Keith's Wine Bar (L'pool South) | Tom George | 25/07/2017 | 19:15 |
| What is proof? | The George Hotel (Bridport) | Neil | 26/07/2017 | 19:30 |
| Art... | The Black Horse Hotel (Preston) | Nick | 26/07/2017 | 19:30 |
| Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth: (Pablo Picasso). Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well fed: (Frank LLoyd Wright). Rules of taste enforce structures of power: (Susan Sontag) | ||||
| Anecdotal Evidence? | The Halfway House (Childwall) | Colin Ramsden | 27/07/2017 | 19:15 |
| Literature versus Science | The Friday Forum (Liverpool) | Corrie | 28/07/2017 | 14:00 |
| Can good literature tell us more about what it is to be human than Science or Philosophy? | ||||
| Consequential Ethics | The Crown Hotel (Liverpool) | Robert | 31/07/2017 | 14:30 |
| Punishment | Keith's Wine Bar (L'pool South) | Gordon Barker | 01/08/2017 | 19:15 |
| The death of 'work' ? | Rose and Crown (Bebington Village) | The group | 02/08/2017 | 14:00 |
| What's the optimal length of a human life? | The Cock Hotel (Wellington) | 02/08/2017 | 19:00 | |
| How should we judge educational success? | The Windmill (Southport) | the Group | 02/08/2017 | 19:00 |
| Heart of Darkness | Harkers (Chester) | Laura | 06/08/2017 | 16:00 |
| Chester Literature in Pubs (CLIPS) | ||||
| Carpe Diem! | The Crown Hotel (Liverpool) | Open forum | 07/08/2017 | 14:15 |
| Carpe diem (Latin) usually translated as "seize the day" | ||||
| Should the law allow assisted dying? | The Sportsman (Huddersfield) | The Group | 07/08/2017 | 20:00 |
| Is suicide more honorable than selfish? | Borough Arms Hotel (Newcastle-under-Lyme) | Open forum | 09/08/2017 | 19:30 |
| Moral Foreign Affairs | The Friday Forum (Liverpool) | Peter | 11/08/2017 | 14:00 |
| Not specifically British foreign policy. Continuing to meet in cafe at bottom of Catholic Cathedral steps. | ||||
| TBA | The Casa Bar (Liverpool) | 12/08/2017 | 11:00 | |
| Philosophy of Sport | The Belvedere Arms (Liverpool) | Russell | 14/08/2017 | 19:00 |
| What is Art? | Rose and Crown (Bebington Village) | Paul D | 16/08/2017 | 14:00 |
| Fake History | The Friday Forum (Liverpool) | Siobhan | 25/08/2017 | 14:00 |
| Continuing to meet in Cafe at bottom of Catholic Cathedral | ||||
| How free are we in our actions, thoughts and speech? | The Sportsman (Huddersfield) | The Group | 04/09/2017 | 19:00 |
| Population control | The Cock Hotel (Wellington) | 06/09/2017 | 19:00 | |
| TBA | The Casa Bar (Liverpool) | 09/09/2017 | 11:00 | |
| TBA | Bluecoat Art Centre (Liverpool) | 12/09/2017 | 13:00 | |
| Does power often preclude rights? | Borough Arms Hotel (Newcastle-under-Lyme) | Open forum | 13/09/2017 | 19:30 |
| Marx Theory Study group | Jack Jones House | Paul Boulton Smith | 23/09/2017 | 18:00 |
| Social Justice! | The Sportsman (Huddersfield) | The Group | 04/10/2017 | 19:00 |
| Is the struggle to promote social justice, good, misguided or dangerous? | ||||
| Science and Religion: friends or foes? | Borough Arms Hotel (Newcastle-under-Lyme) | Open forum | 11/10/2017 | 19:30 |
| TBA | The Casa Bar (Liverpool) | 14/10/2017 | 11:00 | |
| Marx Theory Study group | Jack Jones House | Paul Boulton Smith | 19/10/2017 | 18:00 |
| Truth - how can we get to it? | The Sportsman (Huddersfield) | The Group | 06/11/2017 | 19:00 |
| Is it insane to ignore mental illness? | Borough Arms Hotel (Newcastle-under-Lyme) | Open forum | 08/11/2017 | 19:30 |
| Should we optimists or pessimists about life? | The Sportsman (Huddersfield) | The Group | 04/12/2017 | 19:00 |
| Has Christmas past its sell-by date? | Borough Arms Hotel (Newcastle-under-Lyme) | Open forum | 13/12/2017 | 19:30 |